Former city CFO sentenced to 20 years in prison for embezzlement
Former chief financial officer for the city of Columbus Milton Rawle will spend up to 20 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections after pleading guilty Monday to embezzling nearly $290,000 in city funds.
Federal judge fines Columbus couple for smuggling, mislabeling adult novelties
A Columbus couple has been sentenced to fines, and one of them must forfeit $250,000 in money or property, after authorities say they sold mislabeled and smuggled products in their adult novelty store.
Lowndes man pleads to child molestation
A Lowndes County man pleaded guilty to touching a child for lustful purposes in Lowndes County Circuit Court this week.
Fourth Camelot Apartments robbery suspect sentenced
The final suspect in a May 2017 armed robbery at the Camelot Apartments has been sentenced after pleading guilty in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court earlier this week.
New Hope man gets 50 years for shooting deputies
Marion Coscia had been worried about his son, New Hope resident Kenneth Coscia, for several weeks leading up to the day Kenneth Coscia shot two Lowndes County Sheriff’s deputies in 2014.
Last three suspects in Bankhead case plead guilty
The last three suspects arrested for their involvement in a fatal shooting of a disabled man nearly eight years ago have pleaded guilty and been sentenced — with one suspect who attorneys said helped get the others convicted free from custody.
Former Palmer Home house parent sentenced to 40 years for sexual battery
A former house parent at Palmer Home sentenced to spend 40 years in prison told a jury Friday he did not molest three girls living with him at the Columbus children’s home.
Woman gets 20-year sentence for infant son’s hot car death
Prosecutors say a Mississippi woman was on a days-long drug binge when her baby died after she left him in a hot car.
Man pleads guilty to 2016 Princess Theater shooting
A Columbus man will spend 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting a man outside The Princess Theater downtown in 2016.
Columbus man to spend 10 years in federal prison
A Columbus man will spend 10 years in federal prison for his role in a 2016 shooting in Columbus.
Lowndes man to spend life in prison for molesting autistic child
A Lowndes County man will spend life in prison after a jury found him guilty of molesting a 13-year-old autistic child.
Maben man to serve 15 years in prison
A Maben man has been sentenced to serve 15 years in Mississippi Department of Corrections, with additional time suspended, after pleading guilty to two counts of burglary of a shed, one count of grand larceny and another of possession of stolen property in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.
Senator’s son to spend three years in prison for robbery
The son of a state legislator will spend three years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to robbery.
Trio gets 40 years for pizza delivery robberies
Three Columbus men pleaded guilty Monday in Lowndes County Circuit Court in connection to robbing local pizza delivery drivers at gunpoint in 2016.
Columbus man sentenced to 40 years for identity theft
A Columbus man could spend up to 40 years in prison for multiple counts of fraudulent use of identity and a drug charge.
Man sentenced to life for West Point murder
A Mantee man will spend the rest of his life in prison for a 2015 murder in Clay County.
Man gets 25 years for sexually assaulting minor in OCH bathroom
A Starkville man who sexually assaulted a child in a bathroom at OCH Regional Medical Center pleaded guilty to a sexual battery charge in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court on Tuesday.
Cotton District sexual battery convict gets five more years for jail escape
A West Point man who was sentenced to 105 years in prison last year for the 2016 assault of two college students in the Cotton District has had five years tacked onto his sentence for his failed attempt to escape from jail.
Former Jack’s employee pleads guilty
A former Jack’s Restaurant employee charged with serving unwholesome bread after she was accused of smearing bodily fluids on a burger in January pleaded guilty Tuesday.
Waynesboro man gets 10 years for aggravated domestic violence
A man accused of brutally beating his ex-wife will spend 10 years in prison.